Discharging attachment for hay sweeps



' Jan.'5, 1937.

A. c. SCHILLING I DISCHARGING ATTACHMENT FOR HAY SWEEPS Filed Dec :51, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 lZa 6. 150]: ill iny 1937- A. c. SCHILLING 2,067,099

DISCHARGING ATTACHMENT FOR HAY SWEEPS Filed Dec. 31; 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2' 6! 6119 072 ill-in GUM;

Patented Jan. 5, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

DISCHARGING ATTACHIWENT FOR HAY SWEEPS 7 Albert C. Schilling Avon, Mont.

Application December 31, 1934, Serial No. 759,976 6 Claims. (01. 56396 This invention relates. to hay and straw gathof the sweep projected into raking position, the ering devices whichare knovm as hay sweeps or machine moving forwardly. bull rakes. These structures usually consist of Fig. 4 is a like view to Fig. 3, but with the a frame having downwardly and forwardly exteeth, fully retracted and the rearend of the tending spaced teeth, the forward ends of which attachment raised.

travel on theground, the frame itself being con- Fig. 5 is an underside plan view of the ground nected by any suitable means. to draft animals engaging teeth. which push the. gatherer over the ground until Referring to these drawings, it will. be seen the desired amount of hay has been gathered that the sweep itself includes a transversely ex;- upon the teeth. The gatherer is then pushed to tending beam Ill constituting in effect an axle a stack andthe gatherer. pulled rearward which and upon which the wheels H are mounted.

is supposed: to leave the. hay at or on the stack. The beam I0 is connected to arear beam i2 by As asmatter of fact, structures of this characmeans of longitudinal members l3 and by means ter, unless provided with specific means for disof the teeth M which are bolted or "otherwise charging'the hay; do not: operate readily. When attached to the members III and it. These teeth the gatherer, is; retracted it usually pushes a project forward a considerable distance beyond large amount of hay back with it and: an operathe axle beam in and therefore naturally tend .tor has to stand nearby and push the hay off of to extend'downward and forward into contact the teeth of the gatherer as it is retracted. This with the ground.

takes some time and requires a good deal of Appliances of this character usuallyhavea manipulation of the rake in order to secure the rearwardly extending tongue or beam to which a result aimed t, transverse draft bar is attached, the draft ani- The general object of my inventionis to promals being disposed in front of this draftv bar vide means whereby the hay may be held against and on each. side of the draft beam or ton ue rearward movement. when the rake is backed and immediately behind the element [2. Inasoff, and provide these means in the form of an much as this is common to practica y all swe p attachment which may be readily applied to or bull rakes I have not illustrated this beam the usual bull rake without in any way changnor the draft attachment, it being under od ing t Structure of th b n k of course that the rake is pushed forward wit A further object is to provide an attachment the draft animals behind the rake. of this character which embodies an upwardly y r ke c ri attachment prises vertiextending frame portion constituting an'ejector Cal m mber l5 constituting a rack and coinfor the hay on the rakes and' thru which the nected at their upper ends by a transverse beam rake teeth pass, this upwardly projecting porl5 eh ay extend any desireddistance, as tion having a rearwar lyiextending beam pro fo t ce, e d st ce equal to the width vided at its rear end with a downwardly and of the beams 12 and ill, but which is shown rearwardly extending tooth or prong engageas of less length. Bolted upon the vertical memable in'the ground to prevent the beam from hers I5 and below the beam I6, is; a transverse moving rearward when the teeth of the rake beam'll and disposed below the transverse beam are retracted by the draft animals and. in this I1 is a transvers beam is ich. is held in enconnection a further object is to provide means gagement with the vertical member l5 y he whereby the rear portion of this beam will be angular irons l9. These irons are. disposedin elevated automatically when the teeth are fully front Of t up ghts l5 and extend upward in retracted, to thus put the machine in condition front of the beam I8 and are bolted thereto and for further use. to the uprights I5 by bolts 20. The irons then Other objects will appear in the course of the extend downward below the lower edge of the following description. vertical members l5 and then extend inward My invention is illustrated in the accompanyand rearward in convergent relation to each ing drawings, wherein:- other, as at 2|, and are bolted or otherwise at- F'igure 1 is a front elevation of a hay sweep tached to the rearwardly extending beam 22.

having my attachment applied thereto. The beam 22 extends beneath the beam l8, and Fig.2 is a top plan view of the hay sweep with beyond the same is connected to the transverse my attachment. bar I! by means of the irons 23 which extend Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view thru upward laterally and rearwardly and which at the sweep and attachment showing the teeth their upper ends are bolted to the bar ll. The .55

rear end of the beam 22 carries upon it the downwardly and rearwardly extending tooth 24, this tooth being angularly bent at its middle, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, and being sharpened at both ends so that when one portion of the tooth is bolted to the beam 22, the other portion will extend downward and rearward and when the point of this portion is worn off, this member 24 may be reversed so as to bring the other point into action, thus permitting this tooth or prong 24 to do double duty.

Attached to the rear end of the beam 22, as for instance by the eye 25, is a chain 26 which extends upward and forward at an angle to the beam 22, and at its forward end extends through the transverse bar I! and is engaged by a pin 21 as shown in Fig. 4. This chain may be thus tightened or loosened as the necessities of any particular case may require.

In the operation of this sweep with the attachment, the sweep is pushed forward with the teeth 14 extended, as shown in Fig. 3, to gather hay or straw upon the teeth in the usual manner. At this time the beam 22 extends downward toward the ground rearward of the sweep frame, and the prong 24 travels upon the surface of the ground. When a sufficiency of hay has been gathered upon the teeth and the machine is moved to the stack and it is desired to eject or discharge the hay from the teeth M, the draft animals pull the sweep frame rearward from the position shown in Fig. 3 to the position shown in Fig. 4. When the beam l2 strikes the chain 26, it exerts a lifting force which lifts up on the rear end of the beam 22 lifting the prong 24 out of the ground. It will be seen that until this happens, the prong 24 prevents any rearward movement of the beam 22 and of the ejector or discharger formed on the members IS, IS and I1. Of course, this actioni discharges the hay from the teeth l4. After the hay has been discharged and the machine pulled away from the stack, the draft animals move forward, thus shifting the rake teeth forward and projecting them in the manner shown in Fig. 3, and the machine is again ready for use.

While I have illustrated a chain 26 connecting the bar I! with the rear end of the beam 22, it is obvious that a cable or even rope might be used in place of the chain 26, I do not wish to be limited to the details of construction shown except as defined in the appended claims, as obviously modifications might be made with regard to the members l5, l6 and i1 without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, is:

l. A sweep rake including parallel rake teeth, members connecting said rake teeth to each other and including an axle and a rear transverse member attached to the rake teeth and wheels mounted upon the axle, an ejector comprising a plurality of vertical members, transjverse members connecting said vertical members, certain of the teeth passing between the vertical members of the ejector, a rearwardly extending beam attached to the ejector and having a ground engaging downwardly and rearwardly extending prong at its rear end, a taut element connected at its rear end to the rear end of said beam and extending upward and forward at an inclination above the connecting member on. the rear ends of said teeth and attached at its forward end to one of the transverse members of the ejector, a rearward movement of the rake frame causing the rear transverse member of' the rake frame to engage said element as the rake teeth approach their fully retracted position and thus automatically depress the rear ends of the rake teeth and simultaneously lift the rear end of the beam and its prong from the ground. 7

2. The combination with a wheel supported sweep rake, of an ejector supported on but movable longitudinally with relation to the rake including a rearwardly extending beam having a ground engaging prong, and coacting means carried by the rake and beam constructed and arranged to automatically lift the rear end of the beam and thereby lift the prong from the ground when the rake has been moved inward and approaches its fully retracted position.

3. The combination with a sweep rake, of an ejector supported on but movable longitudinally with relation to the rake and including a rearwardly extending beam having a ground engaging prong at its rear end and an upwardly extending rack at the forward end of the beam, an inclined element extending downward and rearward from the rack to the rear end of the beam, and a rake having a member constructed and arranged to engage the under face of said inclined element when the rake is moved rearward relative to the ejector and approaches its fully retracted position to thus raise the rear end of the beam and lift the prong out of engagement with the ground.

4. The combination with a sweep rake having a plurality of longitudinally extending teeth, a transverse member carried at the rear end of the teeth and wheels supporting the rake, of an ejector supported on but movable longitudinally with relation to the rake and including an upwardly extending rack and a beam extending rearwardly from the lower end of the rack, the beam having a ground engaging prong at its rear end, certain of the teeth of the rake passing through the rack, and a downwardly and rearwardly inclined element attached at its forward end to said rack and at its rear end to the rear end of the beam, the rear end of said element being disposed in the path of movement of the transverse member on the rake whereby as the rake moves rearward and nears its rearmost position, the transverse member will engage the inclined element and thus lift the rear end of the beam and lift the prong from the ground.

5. The combination with a sweep rake having longitudinally extending rake teeth, wheels supporting the rake teeth and a transverse member carried at the rear end of the rake teeth, of an ejector supported on but movable longitudinally with relation to the rake and including an upwardly extending rack and a beam extending rearwardly from the lower end of the rack and carrying a ground engaging prong at its rear end, a taut element attached at its rear end to the rear end of the beam and engaged at its forward end with said rack at a point above the level of the beam whereby the taut element is inclined downward and rearward, the rear portion of the taut element being disposed in the path of movement of the member carried on the rear end of the rake whereby as the rake is moved rearward relative to the ejector and approaches its fully retracted position, the member on the rake will engage against the under face of the taut element to thus cause the lifting of the rear end of the beam and the lifting of the adapted to rest upon the rake teeth, a downprong out of the ground. wardly and rearwardly extending prong carried 6. An ejector attachment for sweep rakes, comby the rear end of the beam, and. a. taut element prising a rack having a rearwardly extending connected'at its rear end to the rear end of beam, rake teeth extending through the rack and the beam and extending upward and forward and 5 operatively connected to each other as a unit, a connected to the rack. transverse member carried by said rack and ALBERT C. SCHILLING. 

